Warning: The following contains major spoilers for Miles Morales: Spider-Man #18, by Saladin Ahmed, Carmen Carnero, David Curiel, and VC's Cory Petit on sale now.
"The Clone Saga" is an infamous story in the annals of Spider-Man's history that still evokes mixed feelings from those familiar with the story. Originally initiated in Terry Kavanagh and Steven Butler's Web of Spider-Man #117 in 1994, the story ran for roughly two years and introduced the widely reviled notion that Spider-Man was not the original Peter Parker but was instead a clone, and had been for years.
The latest issue of Miles Morales: Spider-Man featured a massive fight between Miles Morales and a person dressed in Miles' costume. Miles leaped into his own costume and battled the impostor across his neighborhood with the two combatants eventually knocking each other out with dual venom blasts.
The biggest reveal came with the preview of next issue's cover, showing Miles Morales attacked by a doppelganger with glowing eyes, evoking memories of "The Clone Saga." A reinvention of the saga is possible, especially with the revelation that the Assessor was behind the attack and capture of Miles.
The Accessor first appeared last year in Ahmed and Javier Garron's Miles Morales: Spider-Man #8. Miles was attacked and captured by a mysterious blue being that delivered him to lab where he woke up attached to a machine. The Accessor was theoretically the mastermind behind the abduction and stated that he intended to access Miles for proprietary development.
The Accessor then claimed that there was a redacted terms-of-agreement as he called Miles Morales "Subject 002-004" and that he agreed to participate in the trials assigned. It threatened Miles' loved ones if he did not agree to take part in the experiments. Miles was overmatched, and it took his dad and Uncle Aaron, The Prowler, to save him. However, at the end, the Accessor said it got all the information it needed, and it was never seen again, until now.
When Miles Morales woke up and realized who captured him this time, and knew he almost died the last time he was in the Accessor's grip, he nearly cracked. However, the preview cover for the next issue makes it appear as if a Clone Saga is in the works for the newest Spider-Man, hopefully producing better memories than the original.